Smart Content has VANISHED! Is GONE! (help...)

I opened up DS about a week and a half ago, and my smart content has vanished! I mean GONE! I mean no folders or files. Sometimes, folders but no files. Never any files! What must I do to track down the problem?

I've done this several times... and mine is STILL gone. I can get to the content the OLD way... but the smart content is gone! For good it seems.

I have gone thru the task manager, Services and down to Daz Studio and retarted it. Opened Daz Studio NO Smart Content. I have gone thru the method given above, from the start menu, programs, Daz Studio - CMS and hit the start there.

NO smart content.

So after doing all of that, and it still is not there, how do you get it started?

You could try some drastic measures like resetting the database and reimporting the metadata but you will lose any categories you may have set up in the Content Library.

I am only guessing as to this day I have never had any issues with Smart Content at all.

Also you have to think has anything changed on your computers at the time this happened. Did you install something new, windows update or have you messed about with Daz Studio that may have caused this or is your Antivirus to blame.

Yes Microsoft Security Essentials and Daz Studio do play nice as I have it.

I don't install a lot of propgrams as I like to keep things at a minimum...something I learnt many years ago...I think this is one of the reasons why I don't get issues like others do. Plus I keep all my drivers up to date and not via Windows Update. I don't mess with things and things then don't mess with me. :)

You could try some drastic measures like resetting the database and reimporting the metadata but you will lose any categories you may have set up in the Content Library.

I am only guessing as to this day I have never had any issues with Smart Content at all.

Also you have to think has anything changed on your computers at the time this happened. Did you install something new, windows update or have you messed about with Daz Studio that may have caused this or is your Antivirus to blame.

Sorry... forgot to include this... have done this as well, each time... still no Smart Content. I have been dealing with this for months and months and have asked for help with it, but still as of yet, is there a fix for it. I sure miss it, because it's a brilliant attribute or function and it works beautifully.... well, when it works.

Try turning off the CMS (in start menu) and then un-hiding files so that you can see ProgramData under your C drive. Go into that folder and under DAZ3D you will find a folder for the CMS. Go into that folder and delete the database files. Turn on the CMS again through the Startup menu and when you go into Daz it will have been reset. Unfortunately you will lose any folder setup you had but it should help to restart it. I have to do this at least every 1-2 months as it appears not like updates to my system.

Try turning off the CMS (in start menu) and then un-hiding files so that you can see ProgramData under your C drive. Go into that folder and under DAZ3D you will find a folder for the CMS. Go into that folder and delete the database files. Turn on the CMS again through the Startup menu and when you go into Daz it will have been reset. Unfortunately you will lose any folder setup you had but it should help to restart it. I have to do this at least every 1-2 months as it appears not like updates to my system.

Hope this helps someone to get it working.

How do you go in and "unhide" the files... and where do you go in after that to delete the database files? Need specifics please?